Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Bottle Greening Apple
Bottle Greening is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in Green Mountains, US (before 1850). It was grown primarily for eating, cider. Produces large fruit. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 4 watercolour studies (1860), painted by Amanda Almira Newton and Bertha Heiges, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Bottle Greening |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | New Jersey, Monmouth, Freehold; Canada; Canada, Saint Catharines |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001421, POM00001423, POM00001424, POM00002369.
